02 – 07 August 2026

Land’s End to John o’ Groats (LEJOG) 1400 km

A 1400 km Audax, self-supported long-distance cycling event from coast to coast between the far south-western edge to the far north-eastern corner of the UK, at randonneur standard!

Start: Land’s End, Cornwall

Start date: Sunday 02 August 2026

Start time: 07:00 am

What is it?

Land’s End to John o’ Groats (LEJOG) is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain – a long standing route from the southwestern tip to the north-eastern tip of the UK; from Cornwall through the Cotswolds; Wales; the Scottish lowlands, and finishing off in the Scottish Highlands – a windswept land of glacial lakes and an economy of trees. A succession of different terrains, architecture, and history.

The LEJOG 1400 is a 1408 km cycling event organised by Burnley CC and sanctioned by Audax UK (AUK), taking place between 02 – 07 August 2026.

The event is a randonnee, not a race! Those taking part had a maximum of 116-hours & 40-minutes to complete the challenging 1408 km (or about 875 miles in our money!) route.

Randonnees are traditionally non-competitive/non-commercial long-distance cycling events where the emphasis is on completing the route and distance within the time limit.

As a self-supported endeavour, at 1400 km and with about 14000 metres of climbing LEJOG isn’t the longest or toughest event in the Audax world but is certainly one of the most challenging and probably one of the most memorable.

Unlike other famous out-and-back long-distance Randonnees, such as PBP & LEL, LEJOG is a one-way route heading in a south-north direction across the length of the UK so you’ll have just 116 hours & 40 minutes to get from one end of the country to the other, so come and join us on this very memorable Randonnee starting on Sunday 02 August 2026.

The LEJOG 1400 is a physically demanding route with an estimated 15000 metres of climbing spread over 1405 km with many of the roads crossing some wild and exposed moorland using all types of roads and is an event intended for experienced cyclists, preferably with experience of Randonnees and/or long-distance cycle tours so please only enter and attempt the event if you are confident in your own ability.

Randonnees are traditionally non-competitive/non-commercial long-distance cycling events where the emphasis is on completing the route and distance within the time limit.

Audax UK are the British randonneurs. For more information on randonnees, click on the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonneuring